If the state or county didn’t give guidance and put restrictions on HOA’s they would be telling you what kind of toilet paper to buy and which hand to use to wipe your...butt. The board members have a fiduciary responsibility and the state has a right to set rules and amend them as necessary to protect the owners.
I am living in an HOA for the first time and being a geezer I like having my lawn maintained and the pool and common areas kept up, so I am willing to follow the rules and pay the fees. The HOA is not perfect, but generally okay. When I was younger and more DIY I couldn’t have lived in one. They definitely are not for everyone. That said I like having the HOA board under so many restraints that they can’t easily cause mischief. I don’t see this as more government, I see it as restraining petty moonbattery. This law was passed because petty moonbattery in HOA’s was obviously a problem in places.
“I am living in an HOA for the first time and being a geezer I like having my lawn maintained and the pool and common areas kept up, so I am willing to follow the rules and pay the fees.”
That’s fine. That’s your choice. But between accepting HOA rules, and on top of that wanting the state government to have control of an HOA, your political positions may not be what you think they are. Why not just skip the middleman (the HOA) and have the state government tell you how to act?